Slack-Moehrle wrote:
>> a bunch of vendors sell 5-in-3 sata hotswap adapters that hold 5 SATA
>> drives in 3 HH external bays of a jumbo tower chassis. they seem to run
>> about $100. each drive bay has its own sata port on the back of these.
>>>> example of one of these,
>>http://www.amazon.com/SUPERMICRO-Hot-Swap-Mobile-System-Cabinet/dp/B00009ILU0>>>> So I am confused, where does this go? It is external? Or does it fit inside a full tower case?
>
it fits in the HH 5.25" external bays of a big tower, where you might
put CDs or tape drives. it takes 3 HH 5.25" bays and holds 5 3.5" drives.
use a big tower that has 7 HH bays, and you can have a DVD and 2 of
those 5 drive bays.